Bigote Arrocet was born Edmund
Arrocet von Lohse on November 29, 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Son of a
Spanish mother and Italian -German father, he lived in Argentina for 11 years,
then moved to Chile .
He was 21 years old when he
triumphed at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival as a singer, sharing
the stage with some of the best vocalists of his generation, such as Joan Manuel
Serrat and Julio Iglesias.
He rose to fame for the
second time in Spain with his character of a Mexican on the television program ‘Applause’
(1979-1981) and on, ‘Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez’ from 1977 until 1988.
His dialogues with the hosts became very popular Mayra Gómez Kemp, whom he
addressed as Mrs. Mayrucha and the tagline was repeated again and again
Piticlín, piticlín. Between 1991 and 1992 he was the host of the program ‘La
ruleta de la suerte’, on Antena 3, with Mabel Lozano.
In 2004 he participated as
a contestant on the reality show ‘La selva de los famosos’.
Arocet has appeared in
movies such as the Euro-western comedy “Here Come Condemor the Sinner of the
Plains” (1996) and “Brácula: Condemor II” (1997) as Lucas, the servant of
Condemor’s orders.
Today we celebrate Bigote
Arrocet’s 65th birthday.
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